The Feudal Kingdom of England, 1042-1216 (History of England)

By Frank Barlow

Book Overview

The political, constitutional, economic, social, military, foreign and cultural themes of medieval England (1042-1216) are integrated in this updated fourth edition with maps and genealogical charts. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582495040
• ISBN13: 9780582495043
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.1" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Everything you always wanted to know about Norman Britain but were afraid to ask

I am jointly reviewing Frank Barlow's The Feudal Kingdom of England and Robert Bartlett's England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings. They deal with the same period, they are remarkably complementary, and I highly recommend doing as I did and reading them together. Barlow's book, first published in 1955, takes a traditional approach and reviews the events of the Norman and early Angevin period chronologically. Bartlett's,...

A Masterly Treatment of the Norman Period

This is one of my very favorite books in the world. Frank Barlow's scholarly account of Edward the Confessor, the Norman Conquest, and the Norman and Angevin kings has never been bettered. I bought this book in the late 1970s and have read it a dozen times since. I cannot sincerely recommend for the casual reader, but for anyone with a real interest in the period, it is a must. Barlow understood that most good history must...